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Elon University located in Elon, North Carolina cordially invites applications for Assistant Professor Position in Business Analytics. This is a tenure-track position in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business’ Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, starting in Fall 2024. This position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses in business analytics (e.g., data mining, data visualization, machine learning, and database management). Elon University espouses a teacher-scholar-mentor mission.

Candidates are required to have earned a doctorate in Business Analytics, Management Information Systems, Operations Research, or a closely related discipline before the start date from an AACSB-accredited business school or have taught as a full-time faculty member at an AACSB-accredited business school for at least 18 months. Candidates are required to have completed coursework or teaching in areas central to management information systems, such as information management, machine learning, database management, and data visualization. Furthermore, the candidate must have successfully conducted academic research in areas related to business analytics, machine learning, or data visualization, as evidenced by peer-reviewed conference presentations or publications. The review of applications will begin on March 10 and continue until the position is filled.

About the School: The AACSB-accredited Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has emerged from a time of dramatic growth to become a leader in business education. Our faculty are both dynamic teachers who promote engaged learning and leading scholars who publish their work in top journals. To support our teacher/scholar mission, we provide extensive teaching and research development programs, including pre-tenure sabbatical, summer and academic year research grants, course releases, and teaching workshops. The LSB is housed in the Koury Business Center and Sankey Hall, which feature state-of-the-art classrooms, multiple student engagement areas, the LaRose Digital Theatre, the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center, the Reed Finance Center, the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Organizational Analytics, the Center for Financial Literacy, and the Porter Family Professional Development Center. In 2024, Poets and Quants ranked the school’s undergraduate program #40 in the nation and #26 among private colleges and universities and, in 2016, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the part-time MBA program #1 in the state and #17 in the nation.

About the University: Elon University has built a national reputation as the premier student-centered environment for experiential learning, emphasizing strong personal relationships between students and their faculty and staff mentors. Elon’s rigorous curriculum is grounded in the arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional programs. The 497 full-time faculty members teach in more than 60 undergraduate majors and nine graduate programs. Elon’s four-year graduation rate of 78 percent ranks in the top six percent in the nation. Elon’s 6,402 undergraduate and 805 graduate students come from 48 states and 54 other countries. About 25 percent are from North Carolina, with strong enrollment numbers from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and across the country.

Elon is ranked among the top universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, with a #1 ranking for excellence in undergraduate teaching and a #13 ranking for most innovative national university. Elon also is the leader in the “Programs to Look For” feature – the only college or university ranked in all eight categories of academic programs linked to student success and positive learning outcomes. Included are the top rankings for first year experiences and learning communities, top-5 rankings for study abroad, and top-10 rankings for co-op/internships, service learning, and senior capstone. 

To Apply: Please attach to your application a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, information on teaching evaluations, and a list of three references. Review of candidates will begin on March 10 and continue until the position is filled. A clear background check is a prerequisite for this position. Elon University is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce by fostering an inclusive work environment for students, faculty, and staff and welcomes all applicants. Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of people, and who can contribute to the climate of inclusivity are encouraged to identify their experiences in their cover letter.  Elon is a dynamic private, co-educational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning in a liberal art based residential campus. To learn more about Elon, please visit the University web site at www.elon.edu.